Year That Changed Ukraine

Abstract

authorities, the annexation of Crimea by Russia, separatists’ actions in the south and east of the country, military action in Donbass, establishing usurpatory The People’s Republic of Doneck and The People’s Republic of Lughansk, unofficial “hybrid” war against Russia, double earlier elections-presidential and parliamentary, two times lower value of hryvna, sharp decrease in the standard of life of the society, shrinking of national economy by 20%, the threat of bankruptcythis is the year of upheaval, the year of trials the year of radical changes in Ukraine. However, what is more important is how much we, the citizens of Ukraine, have changed. The explicit answer for this question can be given by sociological research, which in an unbiased way shows where the most significant changes of the public opinion took place and can be the basis for the forecast in which direction the state will head.